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SituationOne of the UK's leading recycling and waste management companies with a t/o in excess of £1bn.

Challenge

When the company set out to replace its legacy ERP systems with SAP it recognised it was maintaining detail of over 50,000 suppliers, many of whom were rarely used.

If the procurement team were to improve the management of the relationships they had with their suppliers, then better visibility of accurate and up-to-date data was necessary.

The main challenge was that they had disparate views of supplier information across 21 legal entities. This resulted in data inconsistencies and errors.

They also needed to ensure that supplier information was not only accurate and up to date, but valid.

The requirement was to establish a comprehensive supplier qualification and accreditation process to ensure that auditing of high risk elements was carried out correctly, thoroughly and on a regular basis.

Exposure to risks such as health & safety processes or liability insurance being neglected could have serious consequences in the event of an accident.

Solution

They chose PROACTIS Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) software to help manage the supplier recruiting, qualification, adoption and performance appraisal process in a systematic way. This included: